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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMMES

This section contains detailed descriptions of public administration degree programmes in Slovakia.

Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica

Branch: Public Economics and Administration (Verejna ekonomika a sprava)

Specialisations: Economic Administration and Public Services (Ekonomika a manazment verejnych sluzieb) and Economy and Administration of Territories (Ekonomika a sprava uzemi) Two public management specialisations are offered within this branch: economics and management of health care and education).

Bratislava University of Economics

Branch: National Economy (Narodna ekonomika)

Specialisation: Territorial Public Administration and Development (Uzemna verejna sprava a regionalny rozvoj).

University of P. J. Safarik, Kosice

Faculty of Public Administration and the Institute for Public Administration

Branch: Public Administration (Verejna sprava)

Specialisations: these programmes do not offer any specialisations at present.

Table 1 summarises the degrees offered by each program, their entry requirements and their duration.

Table 1: Public Administration Programs in Slovakia

University and Location	Degree	Entry requirements	Minimum years of study
Matej Bel University, Faculty of Economics, Banska Bystrica	Inzinier (master’s) Bakalar (bachelor’s)	full secondary education full secondary education, praxis in public service	5 year 3 years
University of Economics, Faculty of the National Economy, Bratislava	Inzinier (master’s)	full secondary education	5 years
University of P. J. Safarik, Faculty of Public Administration and Institute for Public Administration, Kosice	Magister (master’s)	full secondary education	4 years at present, although it will be converted to a 5-year program in the near future.

 PA and directly related courses during the course of studies of respective universities is as follows:

Matej Bel University

a/ joint courses in both specialisations:

• Social Policy;
• Public Economics;
• Spatial Economics;
• Administrative Law;
• Public Administration;
• Non-profit Enterprises;
• Regional and Municipal Economy;
• Social Development;
• Non-profit Sector;
• Information Systems in the Public Sector;
• Administrative Management;
• Auditing the Public Sector.

b/ Specialised courses, Economic Administration and Public Services track:

• the Public Sector;
• Public Sector Economics;
• Non-profit Marketing;
• Public Finance.

c/ Specialised courses: Economy and Administration of Territories track:

• Local Finance;
• Territorial Marketing;
• Management of Territories;
• Diplomatic Protocol;
• Social Psychology.

Bratislava University of Economics

• Public Finance;
• Social Policy;
• Management of Public Administration;
• Regional Economics and Politics;
• Public Sector Economics;
• Economics of Territorial Public Administration;
• Finance of Non-profit Enterprises;
• Methods and Techniques of Regional Analysis;
• Administrative Law;
• Social Communication and Protocol;
• Urbanism and Territorial Planning;
• Territorial Management and Marketing;
• Environmental and Territorial Politics of the EU;
• Public Services;
• EU Comparative Public Administration;
• Rural Development.

University of P. J. Safarik

The “old” programme offers the following courses:

• Administrative Law;
• Administrative Science;
• Market, Competition and Government;
• Public Financial Economy;
• Organisation and Bureaucracy.

Within the framework of the new programme, the following additional subjects will be taught:

• Public Finance;
• Informatics in Public Administration;
• Social Communication in Public Administration;
• Ethics in Public Administration;
• Social Policy and Social Research;
• History of PA in Slovakia.

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